Winemaker Notes
This vibrant and well-developed wine is bursting with mouth watering fruit and lively acid. Flavors of lemon, apple, pear and apricot pop and engage the palate. Subtle, creamy hints of butter and meringue pamper the palate, providing a luscious finish, leaving you refreshed and wanting more.
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Notably rich without seeming overly sweet, oaky, or manipulated, this is among the most enduringly enjoyable Chardonnays in its price category. The fact that it's a certified-sustainable wine is a strong plus, but its highlights are notes of white peach, dried apricot, and ripe pear.
California’s most praised white wine, Chardonnay is also the state’s most planted white grape variety. Diverse terrain and microclimates allow for an incredible range of wine styles.
Chardonnay planted in the cooler, coastal zones takes on bright characteristics like lemon zest, key lime, green apple and wet flint. For this style, look to the chilly Sonoma Coast, Carneros, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Lucia Highlands and Edna Valley.
The inland zones of California’s coast, such as the Russian River, Sonoma, Napa and Livermore Valleys maintain a more Goldilocks-esque climate where both styles go. Early picking retains acidity and creates a leaner style but leaving the grapes to hang creates an approachable Chardonnay, balancing richness and finesse.
Chardonnay also plays a major part in the sparkling wine production of the Anderson Valley and Carneros.